Vincent Maher said “Media is a grown-ups’ game, not for kiddies”

Posted on May 25th, 2007 by Richard Catto 1,852 views

In response to Media is a grown-ups’ game, not for kiddies by Vincent Maher.

One thing is for certain, a few of them seem to think being small-time is tantamount to bravery. The Cape Town News blog explains how mainstream media are too scared to link De Lille’s call for the government regulation of blogs to a particular sex blog that the Mail & Guardian did a story on yesterday.

I’m saying that the Mainstream Media hasn’t got any balls, yes.

Jesus said, "You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men." Matthew 5:13

If the media no longer has the courage to publish and be damned, it has become worthless.

5. It will be up to the judge to decide if the story is a lie, not a bunch of scrofulous nerds

And until it is actually deemed a lie by a judge, it is what it is. It is neither lie nor truth.

4. When you spread a lie about someone its the same as telling the lie in the first place

Only if it is my intention to defame. I am linking to sa male prostitute’s blog to facilitate discussion of its merits and demerits.

In my opinion, it seems to have a ring of truth about it. It could be true.

6. If the lie turns out to be true then thats the right time to talk about it and make it public knowledge

Actually the media is already talking about it, but in the cagey, indirect, dishonest way I criticised.

I’m also not prepared to put my life on hold waiting for a judge to tell me if it’s okay to blog about and link to material that I feel is newsworthy.

7. If the lie is a lie, and you helped spread it, you are guilty.

Judge Vincent Maher has spake. Please note this down. I am guilty. Mea culpa.

BTW, Maher, you link your blog to my blog which links to sa male prostitute. Hence, you are also helping to spread the "defamation". Maybe we can be cell-mates?

Thinking you are above he law because you are using the Internet is the dumbest thing you could ever do.

I don’t think I’m above the law. What I think is that the media has lost its course. It no longer knows where True North lies.

Perhaps if enough bloggers point the way, you will remember? Trouble is, the media doesn’t want to believe the Blogosphere. It thinks to itself, "What do they know? They’re just kiddies."

It is easy to track you

So track down sa male prostitute already, if it is so easy.

If someone was doing that to you, you might understand this point a little better.

It has been done to me already. All manner of slander has been posted about me by various people on Usenet. I even had their IP addresses. Only fuckwits sue. You just ignore. That’s what you do.

Spreading slander to millions of readers a day is an irresponsible use of press freedom and the freedom of speech.

I’m not asking them to spread slander. I’m asking them to report honestly and truthfully.

I believe that I have done so in this blog.

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One Response to “Vincent Maher said “Media is a grown-ups’ game, not for kiddies””

1. Richard Catto Says:
   May 25th, 2007 at 18:43

   I wonder if Vincent will have more to say on this matter.

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